State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Iowa vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In Iowa, $101,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.4%
Iowa vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-16%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Database Administrators
- Median
- $101,210
- p25
- $76,130
- p75
- $125,630
- p10
- $58,440
- p90
- $156,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +60%
Utah
Database Administrators
- Median
- $135,750
- p25
- $100,860
- p75
- $135,750
- p10
- $75,450
- p90
- $149,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +18%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.